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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

18. Using Technology for Improved Billing and Business

Authors : Kimberly Williams, John M. Facciola, Peter McCann, Vincent M. Catanzaro

Published in: The Legal Technology Guidebook

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

It may seem that the billable hour has been the coin of the realm for legal services since time immemorial, but that is hardly the case. In the United States, the billable hour model only became prevalent in the late 1970s, after the Supreme Court ruled that minimum fee schedules set by State and local bar associations violated antitrust laws.

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Footnotes
1
Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 421 U.S. 773 (1975).
 
2
Stuart, L. Pardau, “Bill, Baby, Bill: How The Billable Hour Emerged As The Primary Method Of Attorney Fee Generation and Why Early Reports of Its Demise May Be Greatly Exaggerated,” 4 Idaho L. Rev 50 (2013).
 
3
ABA Commission on Billable Hours Report, 2001–2002.
 
4
See, Chap. 7—Technology Then and Now, for lists of available of e-Billing and project management technology products.
 
5
Process capability is discussed in more detail in Chap. 16—Managing Variable Needs.
 
6
See, Appendix E. Sample RFP Questions, for examples of general RFP questions that can be used in the procurement of legal technology.
 
Metadata
Title
Using Technology for Improved Billing and Business
Authors
Kimberly Williams
John M. Facciola
Peter McCann
Vincent M. Catanzaro
Copyright Year
2017
Book
The Legal Technology Guidebook

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-54522-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-54523-3

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54523-3_18